halt linux using win2k pc

you are talking two different plateforms here. Linux specifically prohibits remote shutdowns by default as they are a security risk. Someone would need administrator rights to run the remote shutdown script but issuing these rights could seriously compromise your pc.

You've probably heard of the RPC worm virus that is so devastating to windows plateforms well in essence you are wanting to implement this same functionality on a linux plateform.

Maybe someone out there has a script for linux that can be called remotely to do the shutdown safer.

sorry not much help
rick

Have you ever heard about "putty" ? You may ssh connect remotely to the Mandrake box and issue a shutdown logged as root, of course.

Q1.How can i halt a mandrake9 workstation using a win2000 workstation?

A1. Telnet into the linux workstation as a normal user. Then type 'suser' and use the root password to gain access as the root user. Then type 'shutdown -h now'. Please note that all telnet connections are unsecure, which means that someone could obtain your root password.

A2. Go to www.webmin.com and download / install a copy of the latest version of Webmin on your linux workstation. After installing you will have access to you linux workstation from any other workstation that runs a web browser, even halfway around the globe. Webmin has a lot of features, to include the ability of shutting down a workstation it is running on. I run webmin on all my Linux servers, it makes administration easy and best of all....it's FREE.

u r trying to do this task between two diffrent plateform. for this purpose u must be logged in the Linux PC. if u don't want to compromise in security with Linux system then u can download ssh client for windows software from ssh.com. with this software u can securly login into ur linux machine n can process the poweroff or halt command as u need. but for this process u must enable the sshd deamon on linux system. best of luck